When the announcement was first made that Neve Campbell's character, Leann Harvey, on House of Cards would be a for-real thing, I was pretty pumped. A badass survivor from Scream now shacking up with Frank and Claire Underwood full-time? It sounded all too good to be true. And yet, here we are.
One who checks all the contractor boxes in the employee versus independent contractor test. One who works for others while theyâre working for you. And if you make that contractor sign a non-compete agreement, then guess what, they now only work for youâlike an employee.
You are not an independent contractor if you perform services that can be controlled by an employer (what will be done and how it will be done). This applies even if you are given freedom of action. What matters is that the employer has the legal right to control the details of how the services are performed.